Ways to use your embossing folders with no machine (from Lovely Lavender Wishes)

Don't have an embossing machine, but some folders? No fear- you can still use them! Join me on an experiment!

[@trekkieanna]

Thanks for sharing the results of your experiments. I definitely want to try this out.

[@purplelamington279]

Great video, I really cant afford a machine at this point so this technique should work until I feel like buying one❤❤❤

[@janinesisk6977]

I was just wondering if embossing folders worked without a machine and found your video. Thanks so much!! Because I don’t have a machine, and like to save money. This is great 🥳 I have one of those marble or granite rolling pins (thrift store purchase) that I think I could use too.

[@greylance473]

Definitely what I needed!! Like you, have folders and plates...no machine. Now feel confident that don't need a machine!!

[@SuAndFox]

Wow, thank you so much! I actually like that you can control the embossing better without the machine for varying effects as you demonstrated around the

[@tuesdaymoriarty8655]

Nice to know we have other options. Thanks, Renee! 😊

[@teenyarosenbaum3287]

Thank you very much

[@elaineboyer7632]

I have folders but no machine and can't afford one but these ideas do work. I tried a few.

[@ianwyatt5916]

With the plate that you used if you put your card on top of it then a piece of craft foam on top and then roller over it should emboss it nicely

[@jenniferoneill8040]

Great idea for embossing without buying a machine. Also, using painter’s tape to hold paper and stencil steady can be helpful. 😊

[@artist718]

Now I have some use for the rolling pin that doesn't make cookies or pies. 😂😂

[@janpeterson21]

So good to know! Thanks!

[@johntartaglia2672]

Clever and resourceful!

[@debpate9405]

Try putting a thin piece of foam rubber on top of paper then rolling pressure. I think it will push the paper into the low spots.

[@conceptoriane3892]

Thanks for the help I couldn't by a machine

[@diannelevy9179]

Did you hear the one about a woman who used her car to run over an embossing folder? 😂 I'm going to try using a rock for cutting a die.

[@quiettornado1970]

Temu has a small hand press

[@kathleenblando1555]

Do you need to put the folder on a softer surface

[@doomsdayzalinsky7910]

A rock? Lol

[@theresamerritt3644]

No disrespect but………..who buys folders without a machine to use them in?…….asking for a friend